CORE--DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

数据管理和分析核心的目标是：为中心提供具有流行病学、生物统计学、数据管理和计算机技术方面技能的高素质专业人员；提供一个在强有力的领导下将这些技能编织在一起的组织框架；并创建一个对中心其他组成部分的需求作出反应和敏感并构成真正协作的团队努力的核心。该提案阐明了核心可以为中心的成功运作作出重大协作贡献的几个关键问题。如本建议书所述，对于 每个研究项目核心将：在研究设计方面进行协作，制定数据收集方法；设计和实施数据库管理系统；酌情制定数据安全监测计划；协作完善研究程序并培训实地人员；规划和进行数据分析；在综合框架内为生物统计学和公共卫生博士生提供研究机会并促进指导和培训；协作撰写报告和介绍研究结果。该提案还说明了核心团队在以下方面的资格：他们在为研究项目的设计、实施和分析提供适当基础设施方面的经验；他们 最近的合作努力，特别是在酒精使用领域；他们在协作、多学科研究中作为有效的团队成员的记录；以及团队可以求助的丰富学术资源。

The goals of the Data Management and Analysis Core are to: provide the Center with highly qualified professionals with skills in epidemiology, biostatistics, data management, computer technology; provide an organizational framework that weaves together these skills under strong leadership; and, create a Core that is responsive and sensitive to the needs of the other components of the Center and that constitutes a truly collaborative team effort. The proposal elucidates several of the key issues in which the Core can make a major collaborative contribution to the successful operation of the Center. As described in this proposal, for each of the research projects the Core will: collaborate in the study design, develop data collection methodologies; design and implement a database management system; develop data safety monitoring plans where appropriate; collaborate in refining study procedures and train field personnel; plan and conduct data analyses; provide research opportunities and facilitate mentoring and training for biostatistics and public health doctoral students in a comprehensive framework; collaborate in report writing and presentation of study results. The proposal also describes the qualifications of the Core team in regard to: their experience in providing an appropriate infrastructure for the design, conduct and analysis of research projects; their recent collaborative efforts, particularly in regard to the area of alcohol use; their track records as effective team players in collaborative, multidisciplinary research; and the rich academic resources that the team can call upon.